Old Tontine Building - 1860
The historic Tontine Building at 82 Wall Street, northwest corner of Water Street, completed in 1855. Photograph dated 1860. Source: Royal Institute of British Architects.
This was the second Tontine Building erected on this same site.
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The Tontine Coffee House, was completed here in 1793 and was renamed Tontine Building in 1834. Another Tontine Building was constructed in 1855 and demolished in 1901 to make way for the 12-story Tontine Building, now Wall Street Hotel.
Old Tontine Building - 1860
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